May 2020

In Syria, Rare Family Feud Escalates Syria’s richest businessman, Rami Makhlouf, announced this week that the regime led by his cousin—President Bashar al-Assad—had seized his assets, the latest escalation in a rare public conflict…

More Iran-backed militia members entered eastern Syria from Iraq, according to a pro-Syrian opposition group. The report comes after statements by Israelis that Iran may be starting to withdraw somewhat from Syrian territory. The Syrian…

Daraa governorate - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources have reported that unidentified gunmen in a car kidnapped a civilian today in Dael town in central rural Daraa, taking him to an unknown destination. This brings the…

Unknown warplanes attacked Iran-backed fighters in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, killing several of the Iraqi militiamen, Syrian opposition activists said Sunday. The strikes late Saturday targeted a base near the border town of…

Reliable sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that Turkey intends to transfer the majority of fighters affiliated with Turkish-backed factions in Afrin area to Libya. According to the information obtained by SOHR, Turkey intends to…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported sources as saying that Turkish military reinforcement were crossing into areas under the control of “Peace Spring” factions. A convoy of 30 Turkish military vehicles entered the…

Similar to what the Turkish government is doing by transferring “mercenaries” from Syrian loyal factions to fight in Libya alongside the “Government of National Accord”, Russia has recently begun recruiting Syrians, turning them into…

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Friday that a former Islamic State commander was killed in Syria’s Turkish-occupied region of Afrin in a drone attack the day before. SOHR claimed that the high-ranking…

DAMASCUS, (BM) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reports that on Saturday, May 23, in the Al-Mayadin desert, in Dir al-Zur governorate, in eastern Syria, a car “connected to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards…

Civil sources have informed the Syrian Observatory that members of the Turkish-backed factions continue to set crops and agricultural projects on fire in countryside of Tal Tamer. Locals saw them today committing arsons in the villages of…